It's just the whole township/city thing. Jackson and Perry aren't in Massillon, and Glenoak (Plain Township) isn't in Canton. I'll never forget though when we were playing Euclid at their place in the 2007 playoffs and their PA announcer just referred to our school as "Youngstown" the whole game. Phil Kidd would have been rooting for Euclid had he heard the stuff coming from our side lol.

It's just the whole township/city thing. Jackson and Perry aren't in Massillon, and Glenoak (Plain Township) isn't in Canton. I'll never forget though when we were playing Euclid at their place in the 2007 playoffs and their PA announcer just referred to our school as "Youngstown" the whole game. Phil Kidd would have been rooting for Euclid had he heard the stuff coming from our side lol.

NO ONE calls it that except the uninformed. Why encourage ignorance?

Does anyone in Boardman call it that? NO. It's called Boardman Local Schools.

There's no Youngstown Fitch or Youngstown Poland or Youngstown Canfield. People in Canfield would file a lawsuit if some announcer referred to them as Youngstown Canfield. Heck, they might just walk off the field. Imagine a game where an announcer referred to Poland as Youngstown and Mooney by Mooney. There might be a riot.

Does anyone in Boardman call it that? NO. It's called Boardman Local Schools.

There's no Youngstown Fitch or Youngstown Poland or Youngstown Canfield. People in Canfield would file a lawsuit if some announcer referred to them as Youngstown Canfield. Heck, they might just walk off the field. Imagine a game where an announcer referred to Poland as Youngstown and Mooney by Mooney. There might be a riot.

How bout Youngstown Struthers? Youngstown Lowellville?

Nice shot at Phil Kidd... LOL.

The city identified by the USPS mailing address (used by OHSAA and others) is why people refer to the school as 'Massillon Jackson' and 'Youngstown Boardman'. In the Columbus suburbs, the name of the schools in districts with multiple high schools typically contains the city as part of the actual name. Thus, 'Hilliard Darby' and 'Dublin Scioto' are more proper than 'Darby' and 'Scioto'.

Does anyone in Boardman call it that? NO. It's called Boardman Local Schools.

There's no Youngstown Fitch or Youngstown Poland or Youngstown Canfield. People in Canfield would file a lawsuit if some announcer referred to them as Youngstown Canfield. Heck, they might just walk off the field. Imagine a game where an announcer referred to Poland as Youngstown and Mooney by Mooney. There might be a riot.

Everyone I've ever met who went to Canfield or Boardman said they were from "Youngstown"....

[QUOTE=EastYoungstown;5864863]There's no Youngstown Fitch or Youngstown Poland or Youngstown Canfield. People in Canfield would file a lawsuit if some announcer referred to them as Youngstown Canfield./QUOTE]
The one difference is that Canfield is its own city, whereas Austintown and Boardman are not cities. In the official Harbin rankings and schedules it never has listed Canfield as Youngstown or anything other than Canfield since it is its own city. Other schools are listed as Youngstown because they are not cities.

Actually, just blame Boardman HS. Fitch changed their city to Austintown on OHSAA.org a few years ago. Boardman HS still says Youngstown. Both schools were in same situation: their zip code (44512 and 44515) has a USPS "preferred" city of Youngstown, but Austintown and Boardman are "acceptable cities" per USPS.com.

Our OHSAA tournament name is actually just Boardman. I looked at some other cases and Jackson's is still Massillon Jackson. Honestly, nobody ever calls us Youngstown Boardman unless its a really far out of towner so its NBD. The perks of being in an unincorporated township lol.

Our OHSAA tournament name is actually just Boardman. I looked at some other cases and Jackson's is still Massillon Jackson. Honestly, nobody ever calls us Youngstown Boardman unless its a really far out of towner so its NBD. The perks of being in an unincorporated township lol.

There is only one Boardman High School in Ohio and one Fitch High School in Ohio. However, there are three Jackson and Perry High Schools in Ohio. By the way, there are several Perry Local School District housing subdivisions inside the Massillon City limits.

It's a matter of scale. If you're meeting someone in Japan, you say you're from the U.S. If you're meeting someone in California, you say you're from Ohio. If you're meeting someone in Toledo, you say you're from Youngstown. If you're meeting someone at the Eastwood Mall, you say you're from Boardman.

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For D2 R6; Riverside Stebbins, Walter E and West Carrollton are participating in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown on Saturday, August 30th. Unfortunately, you have both schools listed as playing on Friday, August 29th.